As the year comes to a close, activists across Southeast Asia are still on the frontlines, defending democracy at enormous personal risk . ✊🏽🌏 From youth leaders and feminists to Indigenous and grassroots organisers, communities are standing up to authoritarian systems who use increasingly violent tactics to repress defenders. But recent USAID funding cuts have weakened the feminist safety nets that protect defenders, including Manushya Foundation’s. These cuts have put man

" This is really a matter of life or death ."  —  Emilie Palamy Pradichit , Founder & Executive Director, Manushya Foundation The abrupt...

As we mark World Day of Social Justice , we must confront the devastating consequences of the recent #USAID funding cuts. These cuts are...

🚨 Manushya’s Founder, Emilie Palamy Pradichit, spoke with Frank Langfitt for NPR to expose how Trump & Musk’s USAID funding freeze is...

The Trump administration’s foreign aid cut has slashed 75% of Manushya’s funding overnight.  Without urgent intervention, democracy...

👨🏻‍⚖️👮 The recent revision of the Pilkada Law by the House of Representatives has sparked widespread criticism, directly contradicting...

#StopTransnationalRepression 📣The Cambodian Prime Minister and Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin appear to share an agenda to "crush...

#StopTransnationalRepression 📣 Heng Kem Lay, a respected monk and human rights activist, has been a vocal advocate for democracy in...

#StopTransnationalRepression - At some point, we have all heard the phrase Transnational Repression being thrown about, but what does it...

📣 #StopTransnationalRepression - On 23 February 2024, Founder and Executive Director of Manushya Foundation, Emilie Palamy Pradichit...

Do you remember that iconic moment when someone held up a sign that boldly declared, "I want to be the first transgender prime minister"?...